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Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) vs Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)

Two careers, 361 shared rounds, one running count. Everything below comes from the official results the two of them posted in the same rounds of the same competitions.

Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) (Japan) and Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) (Japan) have met in 361 rounds across 67 competitions since 2008. Counting every round where both finished with a result, Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) leads Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭): 261 finishes in front to 97 and 3 ties.

On personal bests the split is just as plain: across 15 shared events, Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) holds the faster single in 13, Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) in 2.

Personal bests, side by side

faster single in bold
EventNobuaki Suga (菅信昭) singleaverageYuhei Takagi (高木佑平) singleaverage
3×38.7211.087.369.44
2×22.404.401.753.91
4×442.2247.4631.4838.50
5×51:24.971:36.111:01.031:04.15
6×63:23.803:38.132:01.422:08.79
7×75:00.715:12.173:05.073:19.01
3×3 blindfolded3:27.0535.4746.23
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves39.6723 moves30.00
3×3 one-handed14.7218.288.7212.78
Clock15.3018.1110.0911.97
Megaminx1:24.141:39.6159.101:07.17
Pyraminx2.416.043.005.80
Skewb3.726.425.556.41
Square-151.3857.6615.3721.44
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 9:447 of 8 cubes · 48:23

Year by year

every meeting, 361 rounds in all
20082017busiest year: 59 meetings2008: 42009: 72010: 522011: 342012: 592013: 482014: 572015: 502016: 412017: 9

Recent meetings

newest first · averages where the round ranked on one, singles otherwise
YearCompetitionEventRoundNobuaki Suga (菅信昭)Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)ahead
2017Circles Open Spring 20172×2Final4.975.08Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2017Circles Open Spring 20173×3Second round13.3311.65Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2017Circles Open Spring 20173×3First round12.4211.64Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2017Circles Open Spring 20174×4Final56.1142.15Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2017Circles Open Spring 2017SkewbFinal6.4212.62Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2017Tribox Open Winter 20173×3First round13.8210.73Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2017Tribox Open Winter 20173×3 one-handedFinal23.2914.19Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2017Tribox Open Winter 20174×4Final59.2542.12Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2017Tribox Open Winter 2017PyraminxFinal8.615.80Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2016FMC Asia 20163×3 Fewest MovesFinal35 movesYuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20162×2First round6.037.82Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20163×3First round13.4910.91Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20163×3Second round12.7410.91Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)
2016Kansai Small Cubes 20163×3 one-handedFinal21.7717.10Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平)

Full careers: Nobuaki Suga (菅信昭) · Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平). A meeting is a round of one event at one competition where both finished with a counted result. Who finished ahead follows official placing in the round: rounds played to an average are won on the average, best-of rounds on the single.